Band 6+: You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The chart below shows the annual pay (thousands of US dollars) for doctors and other workers in seven countries in 2004. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar graph gives information about the amount of money paid for doctors and other workers annually in various regions in 2004. In this essay, thousands of US dollars will be the main unit.

Overall, it could be seen that the figure for doctor income was always higher than that for other workers in 2004. In addition, the annual pay for general employees in the US was the highest among the seven countries.

The US was the top country spending money for staff’s salary, with 120 for doctors and over 40 for other workers, followed by Switzerland and France with the same standard for doctors at approximately 65 in 2004. However, the annual payment for other workers in France was slightly smaller than Switzerland with about 25 and 40 respectively in the statistical year. Besides that, in Finland, while the amount of money which other workers earned ranked at fourth stage, after France with over 20, the payment for doctors was at the bottom of the graph with 45 in 2004.

Additionally, the figures for Italy, Czech Republic and Germany shared the almost same pattern in 2004. The salary for other employees was stable at 20 while the salary for doctors had little fluctuation between three countries with 60, 62 and 61 correspondingly.